Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-11

Here he mounts broncho and leafs all his cow
st'teir 'S sr,h an the spring round up Tall and
sents me picture hiding over the prairie. A
mite distance from his place are the ranges az the
these three. all dead shots with the rtfe Outlines
accompanied by Msrchoness de- Nores 90 ON hum
ing srips into the wilds OF Montana. Tney never
return empty handed. II WAS long an open aue~-
tion between them which Was the best Shot on
norss,oacA, anu when they met In n friendly way
10 decide. Mr.. King carried OF the trophy and has
since been known among the COWBOYS as .Isead
EYE" He is equally at home with tho lartat ss
WITH tne riile, ana man, caring feats has he per.
steers
Starving Bcrrclf 60 Death.
STRANGE FREAK or a irrTLE GIRL AT THoN Asrpvx
MIcB.
Lizzie Murphy, or Thomastown. Mich, partook
OF food water for the last time seven weeks s,,
yesterday. She is thirteen years old aud a
daughter OF Michael Murphy. a farmer. she
refused suddenly 10 eat or drink, and said she
never would do either again. II was thought 60 I've
within and no attention was paid At first 10 the
childS declaration but as the days heightened
into weeks the parents became alarmed and
sought medical advice. The physician could hot
account Tor the strange freak. The patient had
not been sunerfng nom any disease, and his skin
was completely baf1ied. No Inducements on the
part OF the parents or friends are OF any avail
Neither force or persuasion are OF any effect. A
number OF times delicacics have been placed
within the reach of the child aud the room has
been vacated, but the result Is always the same
they are not disturbed. The parents are fearful OF
using force, thinking that In her struggles 20
resist death may ensue. She has become terribly
emaciGted and cannot survive much longer unless
nourishment Is In some way administered
The lsowe-Sheehnu Marriage.
A pNos0k CASE sSavN SOON AfrER a WEDDING GENE
NoNy.
Papers have been served in a divorce suit
brought against Edward j. sheehan, the young
Irish mechanic who SECRETLY married Miss Nellie
Of
historian and publisher, OF New Haven, Conn.
Sheehan was charged TO appear In the supreme
court the first Thursday In April. Sheehan An
nounced his Intention 10 produce batch Of letter,
Sheehan, who had been prevented from seeing her
husband. Sneehan SAYS n Is nonsense for his
wifes parents To try TO Judge her insane az she
WAS perfectly sane when married her and that
he would not renounce her until she tells him she
wants divorce. which he thinks Is very improba-
DE- HIS friends viii and him in the trial.
SWALLOWED A LIzARD.-A lady residing In Sevas-
IopoL a suburb OF Des Moines, Iowa, went 10 the
Wei recently after dark 10 draw bucket OF water
which she did, and. being thirsty, drank clipper.
iu al the we'll In swallowing She felt something
unusual but gave ~ no thought, and picking up
her bucket, She went into the house Al the
supper table She felt a tickling sensation in her
throat and commenced u wonder what Il was She
had swallowed while at the Well She told her hue
band OF the occurrence and he put out for a
doctor, who soon arrived, heard the story, and
concluded she had swallowed some water Animal
probably a lcech or snail. He administered a
powerful emeiic and the lady yomit.d up A i've
ilLard about " inches long. She was not really
frightened until she saw the long tailed creature,
with It's head reared In the air, padding about The
wash DUwi, when she tainted.
A ROMANCE or The RAILRoAp.-when the Cotton
S'rtfl railway was opened last June In Reading,
Pa larry Himmelberger was driver, and one OF
his frst Passengers was Miss Carrie stotL The
pretty, back-eyed daughter ~ John stott, OF
Laurel street. IL was case OF love nj INST sight
and the young folks have met clandestinely ever
OblptttOnS IL
On Friday Carrie tossed her wardrobe out OF the
second-story window into the arms OF her fond
Romeo, who took them 10 his home. On saturday
the gir Was summoned from her work At box
factory by note which read: "Come home at
Philadelphia had the lovers on board. AND Rev.
John Y. Dobbins, OF camden, married them In .ho
afternoon. He is 10, she IL Ii. The grin mother
Is heart-broken.
WOMAN OF FIFTy EiorEs-John I. White and
David Gowart, OF London, Ont, arrived In Roches-
ter, N. Y, sunday In search OF Mr.. Gowart, who
eloped from that place a week ago with Albert
LuscomDe. Notwithstanding OF White. The pair
took two OF Mrs Whites children with them. The
police found all four living In single room aud
arrested them. AZ polite headquarters White
finally settled by White ana Gowart taking eloO.
which Luscombe had stolen FROM his sick vile.
and returning VITA the children Ia London. All
the parties are employed AT the London Car shops
The woman is about firty years old. while the man
who eloped with her IL ten years younger He be-
came acquainted With her AL church revival IN
London.
MAKING IT PLEASANT FOR PULLMAN CAR CONDUCT
oRs.-A Plttsburg dispatch says Pullman car con-
ductors are 20 have their wages advanced from SIS
to $50 month, while those on the limited express
are TO receive $40 per month. New men are to be
first placed on parlor cars, then promoted to the
'.seepers" and finally 10 limited express trains.
The "runs" OF married men are 10 be 50 arranged
that when OF duty they can Ice home with their
families, while unmarried men are 10 be put On
long runs. IL is thought these changes, which
were unsolicited were made TO keep the Old con-
"a
and New York Central companies.
FORTUNES MADE ny COPPER DEALEKs.-A Pitts
burg provision broker said yesterday that speculs.
ton the supposed failure OF the Brazilian cUfee
crop had netted Arbuckle & CO., OF New York and
Pitsburg, at least 81 100000. They had 800, 900
bags on hand when the advance began, and ON
some OF this the profit was s. a bag. Dilworth
Brothers, PittSburg concern, had $4,000 bags on
hand and made about tl5o,0oO. 4. G. jenkins
buys his coffee through New York importers, bus
he made about as much as the Diiworth BrotherA
OLEox ARGARISE STILL FIoUkIsHEx-The records
OF the Internal revenue Office In the Chicago dis
trfct do not indicate that the oeomargarine law
has had even depressing effect upon the Indus
try. There are eleven factories In Cook county.
The receipts from the sale Of tax stamps Tor Oc-
tober, November and December OF 1856 ana JAN
uary and February OF 1887 amount TO Sl24, j6.64-
As the tax is two cents pound this shows total
OF &, 2l1, Ss2 pounds. The law has been In opera
uon four months and Collector Stone reports that
there has been a steady Increase In the number OF
wholesale and retail dealers who pay special
taxes Of $3.50 and S4s a year respectively. The
special taxes paid by manufacturers are not In
cluded In the above sum.
THE FIRST CHARTER or PHILADELPBIA FOUND
Edward Z. Atkinson, OF Philadelphia, who Is pre-
pairing history Of the municipal government &C
that city, brought to light on Tuesday the original
charter oI Philadelphia city. IL bears date e
1891, ten years previous 10 the one which IL exhib
tied la Independence Hall as the cty's first charter.
The document is OF parchment, two by three feet
In SIZE and Is In excellent preservation, except
that the provincial seal has been taken on. IL
bears the statement that IL Ii recorded la the once
of rolls and public registry. These records arc
tionary war. IL was In the possession OF Colonel
Alexander Biddle, whose family has held IL for q
hundred years or more, but believing u 60 be
simply title deed had never examined 10. Colonel
Bddle intends 10 present IL 10 the Pennsylva
Historical society.
He MARRIED THOUSANDS OF C0rPLs&-BQuro
Mayes, OIL West Alexander, Washington county.
Pa, died on Tuesday. he was G3 and was pre-
rather and grandfather. Together they married
nearly 5000 couples West Alexander Is near tho
line dividing Pennsylvania and West Virginia and
was place OF refuge for clipping lovers squire
Mayes had kept volumln0us notes OF scenes and
incidents OF his career as a marrying maglstrato
and INTENDED 10 publish them In book form. Once
while about to depart for washington, Pa, he had
runaway pair who stood upon the car platform
during the ceremony.
j. d. Morrissey, owner OF Montana Regent, says
he Will accept Baldwfn,s terms 90 run against
volante y miles for $40 600 al the Chicago meet
ing.